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University Advocates to Oregon: Hands Off Our Millions

By Beth Slovic
Willamette Week | July 16, 2008
As a result of a decades-old formula, students who together pay about $500 million a year in Oregon tuition and fees unknowingly send their money to the state's general fund. There, the interest earned on their tuition isn't automatically returned to the state's higher-education budget.
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